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Trump Slams Canada With 50% Tariffs; Press Howls
Section 338 invoked for the first time since 1949 to strike back at Canadian discrimination against American autos, alcohol, and dairy.
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Dissenter’s Politics desk tracks Capitol Hill, the White House, campaigns, and the administrative state. We compare how outlets frame the same story and synthesize one readable account with every source listed at the foot of the page.
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No Coronation: Trump Pick for Graham's SC Seat Faces Primary
Trump endorsed Darline Graham, but Russell Fry and Ralph Norman aren't backing down — giving South Carolina voters a real primary instead of a dynastic coronation.
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Declassified: China Had 220M Voter Files, Intel Manipulated Briefings
The intelligence community hid election interference from the President—and Washington is circling the wagons to protect its own.
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Trump Declassifies China Election Docs — Press Fact-Checks the Year
While reporters debated which election Trump meant, China's voter-roll access, a prediction-market scheme, and the Epstein stonewall went unexamined.
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Warren Rushes to Anoint El-Sayed in Michigan After Platner Implosion
When voters reject the establishment's pick, the machine just installs another one.
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Qatar-Donated Air Force One Pulled Over Missing Missile Defenses
Foreign-donated presidential jet lacks basic missile defenses, exposing the true cost of relying on foreign handouts for American security.
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Trump's World Cup Flyover Sparks Security Gridlock for Fans
The President dominated the global stage, but the Secret Service security state and inept organizers left ordinary Americans trapped in miles-long lines.
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Maine Democrats Fast-Track Jackson After Nominee Implodes Over Assault Claim
Jackson sweeps delegates after rivals bail; glitch leaves voters asking if the fix was in
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Warner Caught Falsely Claiming Virginia Has Photo Voter ID on Live TV
Sen. Warner's false live-TV claim that Virginia has photo voter ID exposes the establishment's rush to block the SAVE Act and ignore vulnerabilities like foreign hacks and non-citizen voting.
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Lindsey Graham Dies After Ukraine Trip, Ending Decades of Foreign War Push
The Senate's uniparty whisperer-in-chief spent a career backing overseas entanglements and bipartisan deals that sold out American workers.
1d ago
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Dems' Midterm Lead Shrinks to 3 Points as Working Americans Trust GOP on Economy
Generic ballot lead cut to three points — a fraction of 2018's margin — as working Americans tune out the establishment press and trust the GOP on the economy.
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Trump DOJ Fires Up Alien Terrorist Removal Court for First Deportation
A 30-year-old congressional weapon finally gets its first case as the administration moves to bypass activist lower courts.
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Socialist Dems Turn on Jeffries: Avila Chevalier Won't Commit
Avila Chevalier's refusal to back Hakeem Jeffries proves radicals answer to ideology, not voters.
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NH Lawmaker Clocked at 107 MPH, Claims Immunity — No Camera Footage
No cameras recorded the stop, and the politician claims legislative immunity. A working man wouldn't get that pass.
1d ago
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Logger Troy Jackson Crushes Maine Delegates, Party Machine Scrambles
Working-class populist Troy Jackson seizes 94% of Maine delegates, routing establishment rivals ahead of the July convention.
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Soho Underwater: NYC Infrastructure Fails Taxpayers Again
Flash floods swamp lower Manhattan while the city squeezes billions from taxpayers and delivers flooded streets.
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Press Chases Trump Birthday Golf, Buries Biden Corruption
The press corps ignores Biden's foreign pay-to-play schemes to obsess over Kai Trump's birthday gift and celebrity crush.
2d ago
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Ralph Norman Challenges Trump's Pick for Graham's Senate Seat
Freedom Caucus firebrand Ralph Norman defies Trump to challenge his hand-picked successor to Lindsey Graham, igniting an America First primary showdown.
2d ago
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Hoffa Family Demands Kash Patel Break FBI's 50-Year Silence
The Teamsters legend's family wants Patel to release buried files and expose who killed their father. Will he break a half-century of FBI silence?
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Dodgers' White House Visit Becomes Left's Latest Purity Test
A championship celebration is now grounds for boycott — because showing up for a photo with the president is treated as ideological betrayal.
2d ago
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Canada's Wildfire Smoke Forces White House-FIFA Summit Before World Cup Final
Foreign mismanagement chokes American skies as officials scramble to save Sunday's match at MetLife
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Senate Blocks Permanent Daylight Saving Time, Snubbing 308-117 House Vote
The House voted 308-117 to end the costly, deadly clock change, but a handful of senators are blocking the most popular bill in America from a vote.
2d ago
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DSA Platform Demands Abolishing Senate and Presidency
Socialist group's endorsement rules bind candidates to dismantle constitutional government — and they're winning primaries.
2d ago
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DOJ Subpoenas 14 Big Law Firms in Showdown With Legal Elite
The administration demands records from firms that cut deals or fought executive orders, putting the litigation-for-profit machine under oath.
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